Poor GDP is a complex question to answer but lowering the heating by a degree doesn't seem like the best attempt at exploring it(!). Transport might be a bette

Poor GDP is a complex question to answer but lowering the heating by a degree doesn't seem like the best attempt at exploring it(!). Transport might be a better part of the explanation, but more because of the lack of investment in decent transportation beyond London (the recent HS2 cancellation being one example). For me, I suspect poor GDP performance is due to a lack of investment/success in manufacturing and science, in part because of an over-emphasis on the city/finance and other (in-part) rent-seeking activities which has sucked in talent and energy, but also because of a general incompetence of government over the last 20 years.